The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 26, 1941
Waxing Crescent
44.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 PM
11:34 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.6%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 233
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.8° / 102.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 51m / -16.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.57° / 4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.83° / -4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.30° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.